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From: luoqi@watermarkgroup.com (Luoqi Chen)
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Subject: Re:  floating porint exception error
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> Hello,
> 
> I recent encounter an error which I don't know how to fix it.  It is an
> MesaGL/GLUT application which halt at a statement as following:
> 
> static int
> func(int n)
> {
> return 0.001 + M_PI / asin((2 * n));
> }
> 
> The error is floating point exception (core dump).  The same program work
> okay under netbsd 1.3E.  However it cannot be run under FreeBSD 2.2.6 and
> break at return 0.001 + ..... Any idea ?  Thanks.
>
I am suprised that this ever worked. Basic trigonometry...(hint: |sin(x)|<=1).
> 
> Clarence
> 
-lq

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